Happy Holidays N all that...

So I had an early christmas at my moms place on wednesday afternoon and received a super nice coffee maker, bean grinder and a host of helpful this and that's. The most helpful was a bit of cash that will be turned into X parts (carry all kit? 1 x 9 trinkets?)

Yesterday (thursday) was christmas for my fiances family and us in Mitchell which netted me three t-shirts and one hat from those special guys in MPLS at Bike Jerks!! My mother-in-law is a stellar broad for sure!

Chest pains...

So I worked up the courage to tear apart the Monkey today. It needed to happen eventually, but it is really pretty hard to look at it reduced to a bunch of spendy parts sitting in cardboard boxes and tupperware containers filled with Simple Green. It will all be worth it in the end when the KMX rises from the above pictured ashes! So it looks like my bike riding adventures are suspended for the time being...two bikes in pieces all over my house, it really sucks. :(

Not only the dismantled Monkey brought my spirits down today...but this shitty weather that we are on the receiving end of isnt helping at all either. Oh well, I know what one of my christmas presents is already so that is a bit of light at the end of the tunnel. Until next time...I bid ye farewell.

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!

So I fell asleep at 5 P.M. yesterday (dont ask me why, Im no sure) and when I woke up today, it was Sunday. Nothing too spectacular or special about Sunday...it just is. My day was as such: Go to gym and ride stationary bike, eat a tasty #13 at Jimmy Johns and last but not least cook the masterpiece that is above said text. I recently started changing myself into a Vegitarian, mostly because I hardly eat meat anyway...and milk messes my guts all up (think...scratch that, dont think) At any rate the oven roasted winter veggies on a bed of peppercorn infused fettucini was marvelous...so marvelous that it will fuel me to tear down my beloved Karate Monkey bright and early tomorrow while the misses is doing the optician gig.

P.S. I had a mishap which involved spilling some veggies on the kitched floor...but alas, I have a vacuum (named Roxy).

Well looky what we have here...a possible look into what may shape the future styling of the KMX?? Like I said, its possible.

Once again a long gap in between my last post and this one and I'm sure my loyal readers are totally upset (cue the cricket noises). Since my last post there have been a few things that have happened....it got really F'ing cold for one and for two the Sioux Falls Single Track project has moved ahead yet again. Thus far we are at the point of meshing a few proposals into one and dropping it on the desk of the important party(s). I think if we keep the head of steam we have built up rolling we will be riding single track in the not so distant future. Also, I have decided to experiment with Weight Watchers....and by experiment I mean get on it. I will not be attending meetings and whatnot but I will follow the guidelines and continue to ride that heavy tank I call a bike and see where it leaves me.

Lastly, I have decided to have the Monkey and the Xtracycle that I picked up not too long ago sand blasted and prepped so that after I weld them together (and die grind those welds down nice and pretty) I can lay down a primer/basecoat/clearcoat with the in between wet sanding and show the city what I'm workin' with. Ant

Sioux Falls Single Track!!

So I found a craigslist.org ad that talked of getting some fellows (and fellow-ettes) to organize and get rolling on some single track trails in the Sioux Falls area. At any rate, the main man in this endeavor who goes by Adam and myself have been scouring our fine city to gain some sentiment. Today at a meeting with some other gentlemen we have come up with some great ideas and hopefully have a good head of steam built up to bring this to fruition. It is going to be one hell of a undertaking, but I am more than ready to get it rolling.

So its been a while since I have written anything...Im a terrible blogger. Anyway, its been a scad of weeks and I have let go of 15 pounds so far...more pics of my ever lightening ass coming up. The XC rig is torn to shreds but is getting closer to finishocity...not to mention I decided to build up some DT Swiss XR4.1 rims hooked up to some minty red anodized Chris King disc hubs!